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Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.3 Part 2: Technical Content Edition

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Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.3 Part 2: Technical Content Edition
Version
1.3
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OASIS DITA Technical Committee

The fig element is a figure (sometimes called an "exhibit") with an optional title for a wide variety of content. A figure commonly contains an image or artwork, but it can contain several kinds of text objects as well. A title is placed inside the figure to provide a caption that describes the content.

Use the desc element to provide a longer description of the figure following the title.

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

- topic/fig

Example

<fig expanse="column">
  <title>The Handshake</title>
  <image href="handshake.jpg" placement="break">
    <alt>The Handshake</alt>
  </image>
</fig>

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, Display attribute group, outputclass, and spectitle.